linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: ipa: don't thaw channel if error starting

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Date:   Mon,  1 Feb 2021 11:28:44 -0600
From:   Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com, elder@...nel.org,
        evgreen@...omium.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        cpratapa@...eaurora.org, subashab@...eaurora.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: ipa: don't thaw channel if error starting

If an error occurs starting a channel, don't "thaw" it.
We should assume the channel remains in a non-started state.

Update the comment in gsi_channel_stop(); calls to this function
are no longer retried.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
index f79cf3c327c1c..4a3e125e898f6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
@@ -885,7 +885,9 @@ int gsi_channel_start(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&gsi->mutex);
 
-	gsi_channel_thaw(channel);
+	/* Thaw the channel if successful */
+	if (!ret)
+		gsi_channel_thaw(channel);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -910,7 +912,7 @@ int gsi_channel_stop(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&gsi->mutex);
 
-	/* Thaw the channel if we need to retry (or on error) */
+	/* Re-thaw the channel if an error occurred while stopping */
 	if (ret)
 		gsi_channel_thaw(channel);
 
-- 
2.27.0